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ASGE -PRINCIPLES OF PRIVILEGING AND CREDENTIALING FOR ENDOSCOPY AND COLONOSCOPY  
Description: Granting privileges for GI endoscopy Ensuring that high-quality endoscopy is provided to the public has been one of the main principles of the ASGE for many years. Appropriate training in GI endoscopy is critical to providing quality endoscopists. ASGE's training guidelines call for acquisition of endoscopic skills in the context of training programs in gastroenterology or surgery and for an assessment of endoscopic skill after a threshold number of procedures has been performed.
 
ASGE -PRINCIPLES OF PRIVILEGING AND CREDENTIALING FOR ENDOSCOPY AND COLONOSCOPY  
Description: Granting privileges for GI endoscopy Ensuring that high-quality endoscopy is provided to the public has been one of the main principles of the ASGE for many years. Appropriate training in GI endoscopy is critical to providing quality endoscopists. ASGE's training guidelines call for acquisition of endoscopic skills in the context of training programs in gastroenterology or surgery and for an assessment of endoscopic skill after a threshold number of procedures has been performed.
 
ASGE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Description: President's Message TRAINING, CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING AN ISSUE OF QUALITY OR TURF? (Carr et al, Tenn Med 1998;91:21-6.) How do we responsibly aid our hospitals' Credentials Committees in credentialing and privileging? The ASGE publishes guidelines for training in GIE to insure optimal training standards.
 
ASGE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Description: President's Message TRAINING, CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING AN ISSUE OF QUALITY OR TURF? (Carr et al, Tenn Med 1998;91:21-6.) How do we responsibly aid our hospitals' Credentials Committees in credentialing and privileging? The ASGE publishes guidelines for training in GIE to insure optimal training standards.
 
ASGE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Description: President's Message TRAINING, CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING AN ISSUE OF QUALITY OR TURF? (Carr et al, Tenn Med 1998;91:21-6.) How do we responsibly aid our hospitals' Credentials Committees in credentialing and privileging? The ASGE publishes guidelines for training in GIE to insure optimal training standards.
 
METHODS OF GRANTING HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES TO PERFORM GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY  
Description: Scope: This document is intended to provide the principles by which credentialing organizations may create policy and practical guidelines for granting gastrointestinal endoscopic privileges. Additionally, guidelines for defining continued competence, quality improvement and the granting of privileges for newly developed or evolving endoscopic procedures are provided. The determination is based on an evaluation of the individual's current license, knowledge base, training or experience, ...
 
ASGE- METHODS OF GRANTING HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES TO PERFORM GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY  
Description: Statement on Credentialing and Granting Privileges for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Scope: This document is intended to provide the principles by which credentialing organizations may create policy and practical guidelines for granting gastrointestinal endoscopic privileges. Additionally, guidelines for defining continued competence, quality improvement and the granting of privileges for newly developed or evolving endoscopic procedures are provided.
 
ASGE-GUIDELINES FOR CREDENTIALING AND GRANTING PRIVILAGES FOR ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND  
Description: This document is intended to provide the principles by which credentialing organizations may create policy and practical guidelines for granting endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) privileges. For information on credentialing for other endoscopic procedures, please refer to "Guidelines for Credentialing and Granting Privileges for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy" (Gastrointest Endosc 1998;48:679-682). EUS Guided FNA The addition of EUS guided FNA to standard EUS imaging adds both complexity and risk to ...
 
ASGE- ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO TRAINING IN GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY 81.69%
Description: Physicians who have not received conventional formal training in gastrointestinal endoscopy may wish to acquire privileges to perform endoscopy. Competency in performing endoscopic procedures requires competency in the technical, interpretive and cognitive aspects of endoscopy, and the capability to integrate endoscopic findings into clinical practice. Guidelines for formal training in endoscopy established by the ASGE include performance under supervision of at least 100 upper endoscopies ...
 
ASGE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Description: The promise of improved patient care, enhanced personal professional satisfaction, and practice marketing advantages provided by emerging endoscopic technologies raise issues in training, credentialing, and privileging and also pose questions of ethics and legal liabilities. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) publishes guidelines for training in gastrointestinal endoscopy, including new or advanced techniques, to insure optimal procedural training standards.
 
ASGE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Description: The promise of improved patient care, enhanced personal professional satisfaction, and practice marketing advantages provided by emerging endoscopic technologies raise issues in training, credentialing, and privileging and also pose questions of ethics and legal liabilities. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) publishes guidelines for training in gastrointestinal endoscopy, including new or advanced techniques, to insure optimal procedural training standards.
 
ASGE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Description: The promise of improved patient care, enhanced personal professional satisfaction, and practice marketing advantages provided by emerging endoscopic technologies raise issues in training, credentialing, and privileging and also pose questions of ethics and legal liabilities. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) publishes guidelines for training in gastrointestinal endoscopy, including new or advanced techniques, to insure optimal procedural training standards.
 
ASGE - PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Description: The promise of improved patient care, enhanced personal professional satisfaction, and practice marketing advantages provided by emerging endoscopic technologies raise issues in training, credentialing, and privileging and also pose questions of ethics and legal liabilities. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) publishes guidelines for training in gastrointestinal endoscopy, including new or advanced techniques, to insure optimal procedural training standards.
 
ASGE- PROCTORING FOR HOSPITAL ENDOSCOPY PRIVILEGES
Description: "Guidelines for the practice of endoscopy are developed by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy using an evidence based methodology. Represents the hospital and or governing body and is responsible to the hospital or governing body in connection with credentialing of physicians seeking endoscopic privileges. Most hospitals require both a general statement certifying competence to practice a specialty and a specific statement certifying competence in each clinical ...
 
ASGE- PROCTORING FOR HOSPITAL ENDOSCOPY PRIVILEGES
Description: "Guidelines for the practice of endoscopy are developed by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy using an evidence based methodology. Represents the hospital and or governing body and is responsible to the hospital or governing body in connection with credentialing of physicians seeking endoscopic privileges. Most hospitals require both a general statement certifying competence to practice a specialty and a specific statement certifying competence in each clinical ...
 
TRAINING DIRECTORS WEBPAGE: ENDOSCOPIC TRAINING 79.67%
Description: Understand the requirements of the newly updated GI Core Curriculum. Develop solutions to common problems facing GI training programs today. Please contact the ASGE Training Committee if you have any suggestions, issues, or resources regarding fellowship training.
 
ASGE FELLOWS WEBPAGE
Description: The ASGE believes that the endoscopic training and education of fellows who are in gastroenterology programs is one of its primary missions. As part of this mission, the ASGE has an endoscopic training committee which has developed a curriculum for endoscopic education. A special course for fellows regarding practice management issues is also sponsored by the ASGE to help fellows with evaluating practice issues.
 
TRAINING DIRECTORS WEBPAGE: ENDOSCOPIC TRAINING
Description: Training Directors Webpage: Endoscopic Training  This section of the ASGE website is a compendium of information supplied by the ASGE Committee on Training and includes documents that have been written primarily for the training of endoscopists. The training guidelines represent Society views on endoscopic training and education.
 
ASGE - FROM THE GOVERNING BOARD
Description: Goal 1, Objective 3: The Research Committee has developed an RFP for dyspepsia, but funding has not yet been secured to issue the RFP. Goal 2, Objective 3: The Governing Board will be considering a monograph entitled "Credentialing for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy" prepared by a Joint Committee of the ASGE and ACG. The Publications Committee will issue an RFP for the publication of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy following the conclusion of the current contract on December 31, 2002.
 
ASGE MEETS WITH JCAHO
Description: JCAHO Response JCAHO agrees with the ASGE and ASA Taskforce guidelines. requiring two assistants to be present for all sedated endoscopic procedures, regardless of complexity of the procedure is a misinterpretation of JCAHO guidelines Advice to ASGE Members. Pre-Procedure History and Physical Some healthcare organizations have interpreted the JCAHO guideline for preprocedure assessment as requiring a complete history and physical examination be documented prior to initiation of sedation for...
 
ASGE - FROM THE GOVERNING BOARD
Description: Goal 1, Objective 3: The Research Committee has developed an RFP for dyspepsia, but funding has not yet been secured to issue the RFP. Goal 2, Objective 3: The Governing Board will be considering a monograph entitled "Credentialing for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy" prepared by a Joint Committee of the ASGE and ACG. The Publications Committee will issue an RFP for the publication of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy following the conclusion of the current contract on December 31, 2002.
 
ASGE MEETS WITH JCAHO
Description: JCAHO Response JCAHO agrees with the ASGE and ASA Taskforce guidelines. requiring two assistants to be present for all sedated endoscopic procedures, regardless of complexity of the procedure is a misinterpretation of JCAHO guidelines Advice to ASGE Members. Pre-Procedure History and Physical Some healthcare organizations have interpreted the JCAHO guideline for preprocedure assessment as requiring a complete history and physical examination be documented prior to initiation of sedation for...
 
ASGE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - EUS
Description: EUS Credentialing and Privileging Guidelines /cfoutput>pages/practice/management/guidelines.cfm">Guidelines for Credentialing and Granting Privileges for Endoscopic Ultrasound ASGE Clinical and Technical Evaluations /cfoutput>pages/practice/patientcare/technology/endoultra.cfm">Endoscopic Ultrasonography /cfoutput>pages/practice/patientcare/02-ultrasound.cfm">Endoscopic Ultrasound and Lung Cancer /cfoutput>pages/practice/patientcare/01-therapeutic.cfm">Therapeutic Potential of EUS /cfoutput>...
 
ASGE - GUIDELINES
Description: 1002 The Role of Endoscopy in the Surveillance of Premalignant Conditions of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract (7/98) 1029 Guideline on the Management of Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapy for Endoscopic Procedures (7/98) 1030 Colonoscopy in the Screening and Surveillance of Individuals at Increased Risk for Colorectal Cancer (7/98)
 
ASGE-STANDARDS OF PRACTICE OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
Description: This statement was prepared by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy's Standards of Training and Practice Committee. Experience in the endoscopic procedures he or she wishes to perform equivalent to that obtained in a residency-fellowship training program as outlined in Guidelines for Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and expanded in the Statement on Endoscopic Training.
 
ASGE- RENEWAL OF ENDOSCOPIC PRIVILEGES GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL APPLICATION  
Description: "Guidelines for the practice of endoscopy are developed by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy using an evidence based methodology. These guidelines are intended to apply equally to all who perform gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, regardless of specialty or location of the service. General Principles of Renewing Privileges Physicians, who have in the past, received appropriate privileges to perform endoscopic procedures, may change the scope of their clinical ...
 
ASGE :: ASGE POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL: PRIVILEGING AND CREDENTIALING
Description: Guidelines For Credentialing and Granting Privileges for Endoscopic Ultrasound Gastrointest Endosc 2002;54:811-814 Principles of Privileging and Credentialing for Endoscopy and Colonoscopy Gastrointest Endosc 2002;55:145-148 Methods of Granting Hospital Privileges to Perform Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Gastrointest Endosc 2002;55,780-3 Proctoring and Hospital Endoscopy Privileges Gastrointest Endosc 1999;50:901-905 Methods of Privileging for New Technology in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ...
 
ASGE - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE COMMITTEE
Description: Term 5/2005 William K. Hirota, MD Tacoma Digestive Disease Center 1112 6th Ave, Suite 200 Tacoma, WA 98405 253-272-8664 Fax: 253-779-8364 Term 5/2007 James V. Egan, MD 3330 Calle Rosales Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-898-3121 Fax: 805-898-3491 Term 5/2006 Raquel Davila, MD Oregon Health & Science Univ.
 
ASGE - SCOPE DECEMBER 20, 2002
Description: ASGE Research Award Winners Announced Congratulations to THE 2003 ASGE Endoscope Research and Outcomes and Effectiveness Award Winners! View the list at/cfoutput>pages/research/outcomes&effectiveness.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.asge.org/asge_member/pages/research/outcomes&effectiveness.cfm. Call for Applications -- GIE Editor Dr. Michael Sivak, current Editor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, will complete his final 4-year Editor term in December 2004.
 
ASGE - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE COMMITTEE
Description: Infection Control During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy The Role of Endoscopy in Diseases of the Biliary Tree and Pancreas The Role of Endoscopy in Reflux Esophagitis. The Role of Colonoscopy in the Management of Patients with Colonic Polyps Guidelines for the Establishment of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Areas Position Statement on Pre-procedure laboratory testing The role of Endoscopy in the Patient with Lower GI Bleeding Flexible Sigmoidoscopy The Role of Colonoscopy in the Management of ...